Parenting Fail

18-year-old hides from his mother at his graduation when she refuses to stop pressuring him to perform a mother-son dance with her in front of his peers: 'I thought he was just being shy'

Ely Bulnes

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24-year-old magician interrupts dad's retirement dinner to perform magic routine, accuses older brother of being jealous when he advises him to read the room: 'People came to celebrate dad, not for a magic show'

Ely Bulnes

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Entitled mother-in-law brings gifts for her biological daughter's kids but conveniently forgets to bring anything for her daughter-in-law's child, then uses lame excuses to justify her reasoning: ‘"I didn't know [daughter] would be there"’

Lana DeGaetano

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26-year-old bride-to-be tells stepmom she's not her ‘bonus mom’ when she refuses to include her in a day of wedding dress shopping with her biological mother: ‘She needs to know her place’

Lana DeGaetano

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32-year-old single mom refuses to let 35-year-old boyfriend parent her kids even though he pays for their rent and food, he agrees to back off if she starts covering her own kids' bills: "Obviously, she was angry"

Ely Bulnes

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22-year-old daughter blocks mother and goes no contact after finding a secret tracking app on her phone, family begs her to forgive mom: "It's not like you were doing anything worth hiding, right?"

Ely Bulnes

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41-year-old dad takes a lower paying job to have more time for rock climbing, prioritizing his hobby over his kids and leading wife to feel like a single mother: "I honestly thought he was having an affair"

Ely Bulnes

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"What kind of boy enjoys things that are meant for girls?": Grandma throws out $200 worth of 14-year-old grandson's baking supplies, dad bans her from their house until she appologizes or replaces everything

Ely Bulnes

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Mischevious neighbor terrifies 6 and 4-year-old siblings with garden gnome they believe is alive, their mom snaps and throws it away after weeks of relentless pranking: "I finally have peace"

Ely Bulnes

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27-year-old daughter refuses to keep sending mom money to help with her bills when she finds out she lent $2,000 to her 30-year-old single brother with a full time job: "He needed it more than [you]"

Ely Bulnes

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21-year-old daughter lashes out at dad's new 50-year-old girlfriend for trying to parent her by calling her birthday dinner outfit inappropriate for her age: "[You] need to act your age"

Ely Bulnes

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Mom invites "class clown" to daughter's 13th birthday despite her protests, dad refuses to punish teen when she yells at bratty guest for destroying her cake: "This is why I didn't want you here!"

Ely Bulnes

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20+ Tried and Tested Parenting Hacks Moms and Dads Wish Someone Had Told Them Earlier

Ely Bulnes

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38-year-old stepmom plans a 10-day family vacation without 16-year-old stepdaughter Kayla, dad grows furious and refuses to exclude daughter: "She'll spend the whole trip sulking"

Ely Bulnes

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Dad passes off $10,000 gift to 18-year-old daughter as her inheritance, she later finds out it was the child support that he refused to pay her mother: "[My mom] never saw a dime of it"

Ely Bulnes

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31-year-old man tells 3-year-old son about his late bio grandmother, his father tries to force him into keeping quiet about the past to spare his second wife's feelings: ‘He's going crazy’

Lana DeGaetano

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